Member Insight and Analysis

The Member Insight & Analysis section provides Rural Services Network members with tailored analyses of key statistics to assist them and their communities better understand the areas in which they work and live. Select the section that you are interested in to access the latest analyses available, alternatively select the Observatory Archive to access past RSN analyses.

The rural economy is as diverse and important to delivering a strong, cohesive community as any economy would be. This section therefore provides important markers as to the state of the economy for our member authorities.

Balancing the housing market, improving the quality of housing stock, and enabling the provision of affordable housing are all key issues which concern rural local authorities. These are often topical issues and the Housing Insight section considers what the data available can tell us about the position and the challenges that our members face in their communities.

Where data is available that provides a statistical view of the living or physical environment of local authority members, it will be presented in this section.

This section takes a look at the indicators of health, wellbeing and social services, each of which are paramount for strong, civilized societies.

The Department for Education has the vision of providing world-class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background. In this section we present the statistics that measure the outcome of this vision for our local authority members.

Travel and transport in rural communities can present challenges in accessing education and training, employment, and services. This section presents the data that explores the situation for our member authorities.

This analysis shows the quarterly fluctuations in estimates of unemployment levels and rates for a chosen member authority over the period July 2011 to December 2019. It also charts the rates for the local authority's associated rural/urban classification average, class...

RSN Member Insights is the place to discover the statistics that define communities within our membership. It is regularly updated with new analyses, and these will be highlighted in the 'What's New' section of the RSN's Weekly Rural Bulletin. The...

This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport showing average speed and delay on local 'A' roads for the years 2015 to 2019 by Local Highway Authority area.
- Download the Road Speed and Delay analysis here...

The following analysis shows the total additional affordable dwelling completions provided by local authority areas. The analysis looks at the provision of additional affordable housing over the years 2009/10 to 2018/19 for any member authority. The additions are also given...

This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport about the estimates of the length of all roads maintained by the Local Highway Authority in the selected area and the condition of the roads.
→ Download the road network...

This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport showing the proportion of adults that cycle for transport. The data looks at the frequency with which survey respondents from local authorities cycled for transport over the years 2015/16 to 2017/18. ...

The attached spreadsheet presents information on mean electricity and gas domestic consumption at the local authority level for the period spanning 2015 to 2018. The data comes from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. This analysis looks at...

This analysis presents data on estimates of households not connected to the gas network. The analysis uses source data from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and covers the period 2015 to 2018. Comparisons are provided for the...

This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport, looking at the travel time to a number of key services. It presents the situation for a chosen authority, covering the years 2014 to 2017, and allows for comparison to class...

The Government has an ambition for increased levels of activity both through cycling and walking. The following analyses take a look at statistics from the Department for Transport, and shows the position for a selected authority area relative to similar...